rant

怒鳴り散らす、わめく

長々と怒って話し、しばしば大声でわめく。

やさしい英語で： To speak angrily for a long time, often loudly and without control.

• He started to rant and shout.
• She ranted at us until her face turned red.
• Why are you ranting about a tiny mistake?

使い方： rant at someone (He ranted at the staff for several minutes.); rant about something (She ranted about the delay all the way home.)

類義語： rage, rave

よく使う表現： rant and rave, rant at someone

まくし立てる、持論をぶつ

他の意見をあまり聞かず、自分の考えを強い調子で長々と話す。

やさしい英語で： To express your opinions at length and forcefully, giving little attention to other views.

• He loves to rant about politics.
• She ranted online about her boss again.
• I stopped listening when he began ranting about young people.

使い方： rant about something (He ranted about office rules throughout lunch.); rant on about something (She ranted on about the state of modern music.)

類義語： hold forth, go on

よく使う表現： rant about something, rant on

罵倒する、こき下ろす

人や物事を怒りながら長々と非難する。

やさしい英語で： To criticize someone or something in a long, angry speech.

• She ranted against the new rules.
• He ranted about the company’s poor service.
• The speaker ranted against everyone who had opposed him.

使い方： rant against someone/something (He ranted against the council’s decision.)

類義語： rail, inveigh

反対語： praise

よく使う表現： rant against something, rant about someone

伝統的なステップを踊る

多くは木靴を履いて伝統的なステップを踊る。

やさしい英語で： To perform traditional dance steps, often wearing wooden shoes.

• The dancers began to rant.
• They ranted in clogs across the wooden floor.
• She learned to rant to traditional music.

よく使う表現： rant in clogs, rant to music

罵倒、激しい非難

人や物事を非難する、長く怒りに満ちた話。

やさしい英語で： A long, angry speech criticizing someone or something.

• His rant criticized the whole company.
• She delivered a furious rant about the service.
• Another rant against the government appeared on his blog.

使い方： rant about someone/something (She launched into a rant about her landlord.); rant against someone/something (His rant against the policy lasted ten minutes.)

類義語： tirade, diatribe

よく使う表現： rant about something, rant against something, angry rant

激情的な演説、支離滅裂な長話

強い感情に任せた長話で、話の筋が分かりにくいこともある。

やさしい英語で： A long, uncontrolled speech full of strong feelings that may be difficult to follow.

• His speech became an emotional rant.
• Nobody could follow her wild rant.
• The recording captured a long, rambling rant about everything that had happened.

類義語： outburst, tirade

よく使う表現： emotional rant, incoherent rant, long rant

伝統舞踊のステップ

イングランド北部で、多くは木靴を履いて踊る伝統的なステップ。

やさしい英語で： A traditional dance step, often performed in wooden shoes in northern England.

• The dancer demonstrated a rant.
• They practiced the rant in wooden clogs.
• This dance includes several lively rants.

よく使う表現： morris rant, traditional rant, rant step